There is effectively one attorney on Oʻahu handling all the petitions for getting severely mentally ill people treatment ...

Rose Cuison-Villazor is a professor of law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar and director of the Center for Immigrant Justice at Rutgers University – Newark.

At the most basic level, ICE has broad, sweeping powers to question, arrest, detain and process the deportation any ...

The state’s plans to curb the spread of avian malaria, which is decimating native bird populations, has been given a second ...

On the Garden Isle, an essential ingredient to the Mai Tai, lūʻaus and many local dishes is in short supply, driving ...

Hawaiʻi is the only state that lacks legislative fiscal analysis of bills. This year lawmakers may take a step toward fixing that.

Government watchdogs think the European field trip is a bad look, but city officials insist there's nothing wrong with it.

A lawsuit filed last year claims the education department violated a religious organization's First Amendment rights by preventing the group from using school facilities.

Hawaiʻi House minority Leader Lauren Matsumoto says she was denied the chance to vote remotely when she gave birth to her daughter in late 2019.

House Bill 701 will only help some of the estimated 154,000 family caregivers in Hawaiʻi. There are limits on income and other qualifications. There may also be a limit placed on the amount of tax ...

We’re surrounded by a big blue habitat for underwater critters. See how many you can find. Unfortunately, being named a finalist for a Pulitzer prize doesn’t make us immune to financial pressures. The ...

Buying the land could keep it out of developers' hands forever but some say the $39 million price tag may be too hefty for ...